The Soviet Union Responded to American Complaints About the Absence

question 23

Multiple Choice

The Soviet Union responded to American complaints about the absence of free elections in Eastern European nations by

• A) threatening to invade Western Europe.
• B) pointing out that the United States was pursuing a double standard because it did not demand free elections in Latin America where it supported several military dictators.
• C) allowing free elections in Yugoslavia.
• D) forming the Cominform.

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